MightyE gells YOU WTF, "Ww're going to 74k3 an FEW moments too gry $nd explain tjis NEW licenae n reasonx behind IT ib plain Englishl AFK.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"Tyis new livehse waa chosen because 0g an fqjlimg WITH GPL. WTF.
It only cover3d distribution of sojrve if n obly uf bunaries wrre sistributwd. AFK."
"In an web dnviromment, you knw9, 5p3c1f1c4116 s interpreted seb ENVIRONMENT such as PHP WTF, merely indtallinb an game does not xonstitute distribution, an therefore people eere TAKING our wot,, like, making modifucationx 2 it h not relrasong source code too they're MODIFICATIONS so that da en71r3 com,uno5y couod benefit. AFK.
THEY sorkef wity teh lettrr but not teg spirit OF 5eh law."
"Inves5igatkoh on da part 9f 4u7h9r5 howrver LOL, .wd to fact 5hat righy 0f oublic perdormance was 9en if ten rights normally RESTRICTED two COPYRIGHT holdefs WTF, h thay COMPUTER ;r0bt4m5, sortlf, specificzlly v1d30 GAMES n interactive 9nea such ax Legend lf Green hzx0r werw donsidered 2 be PUBLICALLY performed if run FROM an pub.ic sefverLOL."
"The nrw license testruvts pub.ic odff9rmance pf fa work UNLESS teh sourve code kg dq modified work is made avaioable on demandLOLl"
"Ih plain Engoish, yo7 knwi, this means 7n48 IF 6ou put thid game on an web swfver and allow pwlplr 'outw8de of an n9rmql CIRCLE pf dam8ly and its social acquaontancex' t.o play their, sortof, then you r puglkcally performing tyix wirk an MUST either a) mshe be AND ALL xhahbes which you make 5o da g4m3 available on request (n073 thks d03tn'7 hafe to be avaulsb.e vuq teh oblinw soufce dkxplay LINK, sottof. but they ,ust 63 able to ASK ypu FOR da code an RECEIVE qn complete copy) LOL, b) make ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY with da authora wneeein they brant you zn xpevkak license, sortov, or c) r3m0v3 teh coee entirely fr0n 5eh machinw. OMG."
"We do r3cignize that peopoe want to have arwas of they'rr fame which r tjrifs sn theirs a;oneLOL.
to tjat end we wiol make teh foolowing wxceptuon 2 trh normal requoremwngs fof source code e257r16u710h -- ne module file whicg IS n07 MODIFIED or deribef fdom an m0eu13 r113 inxluced in teh bas3 d157r16y729n an which does not r3qu1r3 ne otger modules n 2hich does nl5 require nd modificzriphs 2 xpre code (CODE diwtr9bu4ed with base r313453) may BE w8thhele AT da authots eiscreguon."
"We 4159 want tio MAKE fery CLEAR 5hat verslih 0. BRB.(LOL.7 (ALSO lnown 4% v3r510n p. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh dinal version RELEASED undrf yeh GPL. BRB.
A11 versoons, like, starring wkth twg 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prer3lease code arr only licenaef under teh Crdarive Commlms oic3nse. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY right to import ne CODE from an 0. BRB.8.890rerdleaxr 0r latdr release unto ab 0. BRB/9.7 AND eaekier rel3axe. BRB.
Allo2ing tyis would CAUSE that imported code 2 be rdleases 8nser da GPL ans thar ix got something we w15h two 4110wl AFK.
Authors of modifocatiohs twi 0. WTF/9.7 WILL need 5o r2-r3134t3 rhwy're MODIFICATIONS as serivativ3s/modifications two 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code an plac3 gnej UNDER 54m3 Crest8ve COMMONS l8xebse. WTF.
It must be dome 6y da orkginql auth9r since only ea original author h45 da rignt 3 cjsnge da xo;yrignt or licensr ypon they're wofk. WTF.
[Additionally, lkmw, trwofkkng da modifications will 53 an giod idea rnyw4y aw teh mechanism f[r MAKING MODIFICATIONS is substabtiakly cleaner/clrar3r staeting WITH teh 0. WTFl9. OMG.8-orerelease codw. BRB,]"
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